Kuzneski Innovation Cup Draws Students From Across the University
Ten teams led by Pitt students – ranging from freshmen to PhD and representing five different schools – pitched their early-stage ideas to solve a wide variety of problems in …
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Ten teams led by Pitt students – ranging from freshmen to PhD and representing five different schools – pitched their early-stage ideas to solve a wide variety of problems in …
Posted on by Mike Yeomans
Pitt innovators were issued six U.S. patents in October 2025. Featured patent: 12,451,495: Highly Active, Robust, and Versatile Multifunctional, Fully Non-Noble Metals-Based Electro-Catalyst Compositions and Methods of Making for …
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There are a million ways for startup founders to fail and only a handful of potential paths to success. That’s the stark reality that Brian Sullivan imparts to the founders, …
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In the best of situations, parenting is hard. When you add in any combination of challenges, from parenting children with special needs to parenting through poverty, or struggling against racial …
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Anna Li’s carefully planned life took a 180-degree turn three years ago when she fell headfirst into the deep end of the innovation and entrepreneurship pool. Impulsive? Maybe. But totally …
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Many physician-scientists aspire to win a Nobel Prize in Medicine. Given the choice, Beth and Jeff Gusenoff would rather be invited to pitch their products on Shark Tank. A podiatrist …
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Every great venture begins with a spark, such as a drive to solve a problem or create positive change. At the University of Pittsburgh, that spark is being fanned into …
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As a freshly minted nurse from the Pitt School of Nursing, Jill Demirci’s career began in 2005, a few blocks from campus at UPMC Magee-Women’s Hospital, providing postpartum care to …
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Several Pitt innovators and startups took center stage as leaders of Pittsburgh’s rapidly expanding AI sector convened in the heart of the city’s innovation corridor at Bakery Square to map …
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Sue Hunter’s eyes widened as Jordyn Ting played a recording of a man with a chronic traumatic brain injury from a stroke, attempting to say words like “mother” and “zucchini,” …
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Pitt innovators were issued nine U.S. patents in August 2025. Featured patent: 12,401,022: Methods of Fabrication of Engineered Carbon Nanofiber/Cu Electrode Architectures for Dendrite Free High-Efficiency Li-ion Metal Batteries Lithium …
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At the turn of the new millennium, after spending the first 20 years of her career as a pharmacist, Carolyn Weber wanted to do something different. But she wasn’t quite …